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December 4, 2013

VIX Traders Focus on February as Debt Deadline Looms

“Even though markets have had eight months to prepare for tapering, volatility is always more sensitive to an event that has yet to be physically observed and where the economic cost cannot be measured like GDP,” Azous, founder of the Stamford, Connecticut-based advisory and research firm, said yesterday.

December 1, 2013

China Hedging Costs at 8-Year Low on Economic Reforms: Options

“After years of underperformance the question being asked by real money is whether an asset allocation in favor of Chinese equities is now warranted,” Neil Azous, founder of the Stamford, Connecticut-based advisory and research firm, Rareview Macro, said in a Nov. 25 interview. “The hallmarks for a secular bull market to materialize are now in place if China were to deliver on a reform plan that would ensure a smooth transition to domestic consumption away from fixed asset investment.”

November 19, 2013

VIX Trader Betting $13 Million on 88% Jump in Fear Gauge

“….The less obvious conclusion is that a very large real money investor purchased both equity and volatility upside, based on the argument that we may see higher U.S. equities and higher volatility in 2014,” Azous, founder of Rareview Macro LLC, the Stamford, Connecticut-based advisory and research firm, said in an interview. “That could happen as we exit the current monetary environment, while world economic growth continues to improve, putting upward pressure on bond yields and stress on emerging markets.”

November 5, 2013

Options Trader Bets $16.6 Million on 9% S&P 500 Rally

“It’s a lot of premium,” Neil Azous, publisher of macro strategy newsletter Sight Beyond Sight and founder of Rareview Macro LLC, the Stamford, Connecticut-based advisory and research firm, said in an interview. “It could be a real-money investor or a large hedge fund underweight U.S. equities.”